"...Africa is illuminated." - Billboard
A video documentary of Zambia and northern Zimbabwe.
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Africa--safari--lions, elephants, hippos--painted faces, drums, singing and dancing--Doctor Livingstone--dugout canoes, swamps, jungle river cruises--this is the stuff of childhood dreams, magazines, books and Hollywood adventure films.
Featuring wildlife, geography, natural history, and travel in Zambia and northern Zimbabwe, this video was designed for students, classrooms, group presentations and travel planning. A Zambian Safari will show you exotic wildlife, beautiful national parks and the warm smiles of the peoples who live in these southern African nations.
You will participate in photographic wildlife safaris by open vehicle, foot, dugout canoe, boat and plane. You will see and hear Zambian children singing traditional songs. You will see rural villages, and experience traditional music, drumming and dancing by villagers.
| Brief visits to Lusaka, Zambia's modern capital, and the twin cities of Livingstone and Victoria Falls (separated by an international bridge across the Zambezi river gorge) show professional cultural dancing, crafts, and a "sundowner" cruise on the Zambezi River. Wildlife and the safari experience (including a walking safari and safari lodges and camps) were filmed in Zambia's South Luangwa and Kafue National Parks, the swamp lands south of Lake Bangweulu, and in Zimbabwe at Fothergill Island on Lake Kariba. |
Beobab tree - Luangwa Valley, Zambia |
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Your safari adventure continues with views of Victoria Falls' spectacular beauty during the season of its massively high water flow. The falls are more than a mile and a quarter wide and 380 feet high (twice the height of Niagra Falls between Canada and the United States). Mist from Victoria Falls can be seen for miles around; its local name is "Mosi-oa-Tunya" or "the smoke that thunders." A flight above the falls is followed by game viewing in Zimbabwe via foot, Land Rover and speedboat at Fothergill Island on Lake Kariba. The video concludes with views of Zimbabwe's historic Victoria Falls Hotel and singing by rural Zambian school children.
Filmed and edited to impart a sense of "being there," narration is unobtrusive and natural ambient sounds are used instead of background music. Brief interview sequences are included with Zambia's legendary Norman Carr, as he discusses the origins of Zambia's national park system, wildlife management and the tragic impact of African wildlife poaching. Norman Carr was instrumental in the establishment of Zambia's first national park, founding of the "Save the Rhino Trust," and he pioneered the "walking safari" that has become popular in many African countries. Other brief interviews include a discussion of elephant tooth development, bread making in the bush by a safari camp cook and fortune telling by a Malawan witch doctor.
Billboard, Sunset, The Travel Agent, Travel Age West, and Video Digest.
This 40 minute program is ideal for group discussion and is available on
VHS in
NTSC, PAL and SECAM system formats
for US$19.95 plus shipping.
Beta and 8 mm tapes are available by special
order.
Be sure to see our special offer below.
To order A Zambian Safari, please go to our video order page.
Produced by Llamavision (Anubis Productions)
and distributed by Video Safaris International.
Also available, Egyptian Adventures. A video tour of ancient and modern Egypt.
To inquire about additional video footage from Zambia and Zimbabwe,
(wild life, cultural dancing, lodges and camps, etc.) send an e-mail to:
Anubis Productions.
AFRICAN BEADS: Beginning about 400 years ago, European merchants traded beautiful Venitian fused glass beads for gold and other commodities in Africa and the Americas. These colorful and durable beads came to be highly regarded in parts of Africa and, over the centuries, have become known as "African" beads. Pictured at the left are strands of "Milifiori" (thousand flowers) style beads that vary from approximately 28 to 40 millimeteres in length.
As a limited time special offer, we are giving one free African bead ["Milifiori" style, similar to those pictured on this page] with each copy of A Zambian Safari that is purchased directly from Anubis Productions. Note that these are antique beads and each is unique, differing in design, color, size (lengths vary: approx. 28 to 40 millimeteres) and the amount and type of wear or chipping produced over the centuries. Each bead is uniquely suitable to be worn by itself or included as part of a strand of other types of beads.
To learn more about the variety, history, and manufacture of African beads, see collectible-beads at http://www.collectible-beads.com
LIGHTNING is a real danger in many parts of the world, including many African countries, including Zambia. An entire soccer team was killed by a single lightning strike in the Congo in 1999. To learn more about lightning safety for children, adults, schools, etc., visit: http://www.kidslightning.info
To order A Zambian Safari, please go to our video order page.
To learn about Zambia's geography, climate, business, news, laws, languages, transportaion, etc., visit Zamnet, Zambia's national www server:
general information .
For an inexpensive safari experience, take a look at the "web cam" site Africam. It shows live and selected archive images from watering holes and other sites. It is free and fun. See
www.africam.co.za
or its mirror web site in North America at
www.africam.com
These sites will show you "live" still images from various African sites that update frequently. Very interesting, but you need to be patient when downloading images. These sites should be of particular interest to schools.
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